River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-06-30
HISTORY OF THE WEEK.

As soon as the Government took posses
ion of the Fidelity bank at Cincinnatiit was
| found that its condition was worse than
had been supposed and the arrests of Vice
President Harper, the manager of the bank,
and Cashier Baldwin and Assistant Cashier
| Hopkins were at once ordered, and these
men are now in jeopardy of five or ten
| years IN the penitentiary. As far as known
| Harper, through his bank, furnished 81 800,
~ for the Chicago wheat deal, and IL Is
thought he was the principal instead of
| Wiltshire, the latter being in fact an agent.
The liabilities Of the bank are put at SlO,0OO,-
| ODl, and viii exceed all its resources two or
three million of dollars. Ii is be ieved that
| all the directors will be arrested. 1t is now
thought depOsitors viii get next to nothing
| Harper furnished $4,000 bail, and the other
two $1,000 each.
a Cincinnati Ohio. dispatch of the
2;}rd, says: "The street excitement about
the Fidelity Bank, which has never been
great, has entirely subsidized this morning
The bank examiner, Gen. Powell, is still in
charge. Mr.. De Camp, who has been named
as receiver, will probably decline, as an ac-
ceptance would compel him TO give up his
present connection with the Metropolitan
/ National Bank. Interest is turning TO the
question OF what assets can be made avail
able for the debts OF the bank If the presi-
/ dent and directors can be assessed to the
extent Of their resources, IL viii produce
about 81, 5000 at a rough estimate There
I have been no further arrests this morning
and no new developments. IL VIII neces-
sarily require much time and labor to make
a thorough examination. Harper and
! Hopkins being unable 10 find bondsmen were
taken t. jail about II o'clock
Saint Louis. Mo. began its experience
with the new Sunday law ON the 9Th. The
saloons were generally closed and there was
great exodus outside OF the city limits
where liquid refreshments were procurable
/ The grip car line alone carried 10000 pas
sengers to the country, and other lines
were crowded with people. TIE hotels
closed their bars, but guests were served
with wines etc, at the table. A test arrest
was made and the organized salOOn-keepers
\ will contest il in court. In all there were
/ Is arrests for violation of the law.
The great stock yards and packing
house Of Armour q Co. and the Chicago
Packing and Provision Company, covering
nearly six acres. at the Union Stock yards
We're destroyed by fire on the morning of
the 18th The immense buildings covering
| five acres, containing 1000 barrels of Mess
pork. I9,OO0.O00 pounds of short ribs and 200
| live hogs were turned 10 cinders and ashes.
The property destroyed was of the value OF
Sl,2Jo,00, ana the insurance nearly as much
The fire throws nearly 100 men out OF en-
| plOyment.
Cincinnati telegram, June 24-The affairs
Of the Fidelity National bank have been
conducted with quietness to-day. MIR.
Trenholm has not Vet made the appoint
ment of receiver. Harper and Hopkins
spent the night in jail. Neither have OBJ
tanned bail. Louis Kennedy a Co, com
mission and grain merchants, have assigned
| to James PettibOne. The liabilities are said
/ to be SljO,0Oo, with assets of $4,000. MIR.
/ Kennedy was reported TO be in the Chicago
wheat deal, and was heavy endorser of
/ the Fidelity bank paper.
At North Industry. Ohio. on the oath
Conrad Doll, coal miner, aged forty-five
years. killed his wife and stepsOn with a
| Ratchet The murder was horrible one.
\ Doll escaped, but he may be lynched if
| caught. Doll Is Incorporate and has had
/ frequent quarrels with his wife, to whom
I he waSmarried six months ago Doll found
l a letter written 10y another man 10 his wife,
l In which statements compromising the
man were made made. This led to the muir
I der.
At two o'clock Thursday morning 40
masked men rode into Kosciusko, Missis-
sippi. proceeded to the Jail, overpowered
! the jailor, and took James NJ. Webb,
l white man, 70 convenient place and
| hanged him. On Sunday last Webb poisoned
/ his wife for which he was arrested and
/ brought to the Jail The evidence was SO
strong against MIN that the Indignation of
| the community was aroused up to the
/ lynching point.
The steam barge Walters. 1877 ton
vessel owned at Sandusky, Ohio, was sunk
Monday evening in a storm off Black River
| and eight persons drowned, including the
| wife of the CAPTAIN and two of his children.
.H3rars q
/ mate were the only persons saved. When
| the storm struck the barge the wind spun
| II round and round, the hold filed with
water and ii sunk in hat minute.
The lawless condition that has ex-
isted for two wears in Rowan County,
| Kentucky, during which time p persons
have been killed by encounters or assassina-
ton, was brought TO probable end on the
-3nd by the action of a Sheriff-s posse who
in the attempt 10 arrest Craig Tolliyer
/ killed that desperate and four of his
associates and captured all but one of the
band.
Robbers boarded a Grand Trunk
train near Sarnia, Canada, at one o'clock
Wednesday morning and went through two
sleepers. robbing the passengers. Some
gave up their valuabes and others resisted,
and finally two of the thieves were over
powered and captured but a third, who had
most of the plumber. escaped. The railway
company viii make good the losses of their
passengers
An Alpena. Mich, telegram of June
=, SAYS: Sheriff Lynch aud posse have just
arrested three lesl,eradoes for whom a re
ward Of $1,000 is said to be offered. They
are wanted in Ravenna, Ohio. Sheriff
Lynch was shot in the leg, but not danger
Ously wounded. One of the prisoners tried to
commit suifidfs enuu after being f.anfUTpd.
At Auburn Ala. the agricultural
and mechanical college was burned the
s4th The value Of the apparatusI cabinets
and contents destroyed was over SiOO,0O.
The building, with its improvements, was
also valued at over SlOOO1 All Is a total
los except little chemical apparatus and
the contents Of the treasurer's and presi
dents office Insurance, S0,OO0.
At Cleveland, Ohio. Benjamin ;.
Wheeler, over eighty years old, rich and
peculiar. was arrested nearly year ago for
choking his wife To death On the 18th, a
jury before whom he was tried returned a
verdict Of not guilty after being out but
twenty minutes. The old man broke down,
and men and women shed tears.
\ telegram from sydney, n. 5. W,
of the 23rd, reports that by the wrecking of a
passenger train on the HawkesbuT-y railway
seven persons were killed and forty others
injured. The accident was caused 10y the
failure of the brakes to work while the train
was going down an incline.
The Texas court of appeals has
affirmed the constitutionality of the new
/ drummer's tax in its application 10 the
drummers soliciting for business houses
I outside of Texas. This finding is in conflict
/ with the recent decision by the United
I states supreme court.
Sidney Corbett. a newspaper re-
porter Of Jackson, Mich, was publicly horse
whipped in that place Saturday by the wife
I of the editor of the Daily Courier, for his
alleged agency in procuring the publication
OF a scandalous story regarding her.
Nearly 10000 cattle have been mar
keted in the chicago stock-yards within
| three weeks, and prices have touched the
/ lowest figures reached in many years.
/ ROasts and steaks al the butchershops
/ remain unchanged.
The Polish Catholic church. at De
/ troit, Mich. which has been closed since
the riots of December, 1855, caused by feuds
| IN the congregation, was reopened Sunday.
II Several persons who attempted to make a
/ disturbance were arrested, but there was no
i serious trouble.
\ Rome dispatch SAYS the Pope will
excommmicate Father McGlynn without
delay the latter having made no sign of
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